Shipping and delivery can



No. 625,053. Patented May l6, I899.

D. J. MCKAY.

SHIPPING AND DELIVERY CAN.

(Application filed Feb. 6, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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NIIED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DONALD J. MCKAY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SHIPPING AND DELIVERY CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,053, dated May 16, 1899.

Application filed February 6, 1899. Serial No. 704,690. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DONALD J. MOKAY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Shipping and Delivery Cans; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a can which is especially designed for shipping such goods as coffee, tea, and other dry solids of a like nature and to a means for drawing or delivering the substances therefrom.

It consists, essentially, of a cylindrical can having a closable top or cover, a false interior bottom concaved and sloping toward the front, and in line therewith an inclined drawoff or discharge-outlet and a vertically-movable sliding gate by which this outlet is closed.

Referring to the accompanying, drawings, 1

Figure 1 is a vertical section throughmy can. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a section through a; a: of Fig. 1.

A is the can or containing vessel, which is here shown as being made cylindrical in shape, having a fixed semicover B and a hinged portion 13', which may beopened to replenish the contents and may have any suitable closing or fastening device.

In the interior of the can and above the main bottom is a false bottom 0, which is made concave and inclined from the rear toward the front, so that the contents will easily slide down to the front. In line with this bottom is a discharge spout or opening D, which is made oval or of any suitable or desired shape and is provided with an exterior cap E, which fits over the discharge-spout when not in use and which may be connected with the body of the can by a flexible chain or other device F.

Within the interior front of the can is fixed a housing L, which coversthe slotin the front of the can and also contains the'spring by which the gate is operated, said housing forming the parallel vertical grooved guides G, and within these guides a gate H is adapted to slide, so that it may be depressed to entirely close the interior of the discharge-spout, the lower end being curved to coincide with the interior bottom of the can. 'A slot is made through the side of the can in line with the gate, and through this a pin projects with a knob I, the interior end being fixed to the gate, so that by moving it upon down the gate may be opened or closed. Coffee and similar granular non-adhesive substances may be thus shipped in this can in twentyfive or fifty pound packages and the can set up at some convenient point, where the coffee can be drawn out through the delivery upon the gate and will closeit instantly when the knob is released. v

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An improved shipping and delivery can consisting of a vessel having a hinged top and in the housing and operating upon the gate to normally depress the gate and close the entrance of material to the spout.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

DONALD J. MCKAY.

Witnesses:

S. H. NOURSE, HARRY J. LAsK. 

